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Hawaii Beat
Natalie Mew of Honolulu placed second in the women's 106-pound class at the World Masters Weightlifting Championships in Orlando, Fla., yesterday. Honolulu weightlifter
places 2ndStar-Bulletin staff
After carrying the American flag in the opening ceremonies, the 5-foot-3 Mew, an art teacher at Kawananakoa School, lifted a total of 231 pounds (99 snatch, 132 jerk) for runner-up honors in her class.
Isle tennis team No. 2
A men's tennis team from Honolulu finished second in the USA League Tennis 2.5 Adult National Championships yesterday at Palm Springs, Calif.The Hawaii team lost to a team from Puerto Rico, 5-0, in the championship match.
Representing Hawaii were team captain Mark Uyehara, Ronald Ramos, Roger Mina, Colin Chun, Calvin Uratake, Donald Goo, K.C. Kearns, Reed Okamura and Gary Nagata of Honolulu and Craig Nakama of Mililani.
Tuitele tops 3,000 mark
Nia Tuitele topped the 3,000-assist mark as Hawaii Pacific, the No. 1-ranked NCAA Division II women's volleyball team remained unbeaten with a three-game Pacific West Conference sweep of Humboldt State Saturday night at Arcata, Calif.The Lady Sea Warriors (12-0 overall, 5-0 PacWest) won, 15-3, 15-8, 15-5.
Tuitele's 28 assists brought her career total to 3,009. She trails only Gabriela Artigas (3,145 from 1987-90) on the HPU all-time list.
Susy Garbelotti led the Lady Sea Warriors with 10 kills. Joella Schiepan had a match high of 12 for the Lumberjacks (1-15, 1-8).
Shutout win for HPU booters
Goalkeeper Yonie Espiritu set a Hawaii Pacific school record with her fifth shutout of the season as the Lady Sea Warriors blanked Northwest Nazarene of Idaho, 2-0, in PacWest women's soccer play at Kaneohe's Atherton Field Saturday.HPU is 8-5 overall (its most wins ever) and 1-4 in the conference. Northwest Nazarene is 2-8-2, 1-4-1.
Scoring for the Lady Sea Warriors were Kolea Andreas-Feeney and Jill Fujimoto.
Longboarders fall short
Hawaii surfers Kapono Nahina and former champion Rusty Keaulana got as far as the quarterfinals of the Oxbow World Longboard Championships yesterday at Praia Do Rosa, Santa Catarina, in Brazil.Beau Young of Australia, son of legendary surfer Nat Young, defeated California's Joel Tudor in the final.